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Sir David Attenborough is Right - Climate Change Requires Radical Thinking

It is not only British politics that has heated up in the past two years. 2018’s scorching summer was a due reminder of what is to come if we do not rapidly transition to clean energy and requisition carbon from the atmosphere. It was in this context that Sir David Attenborough spoke at UN-sponsored climate talks in Poland this...

Published on 05 Dec 2018

New Era, New Energy - Offshore Wind Production in the UK

The cost of subsidies for offshore wind farms have fallen by half since 2015, with prices per megawatt hour falling below new nuclear power and gas for the first time. [1] In July 2017, the government awarded contracts - ‘contracts for a difference’ - to two firms at a record-low fixed price of £57.50 per MWh for 2022-23. Under the...

Published on 03 Dec 2018

It’s time to be in favour of something - not against / Part 2

In the second instalment of a two-part article, Renew candidate Tim Fisher concludes the story of his Renew journey so far Now, when movements like Renew start up, there will always be an element of railing against the establishment. Yet what seems to be different here is the message of hope twinned with a desire to do things differently. To...

Published on 30 Nov 2018

It’s time to be in favour of something - not against

In the first instalment of a two-part article, Renew UK candidate Tim Fisher sets out his motivation for getting involvedLike many people out there, the goings on in the country over the last couple of years have led me to really question the views I hold and why I have them. One of the things this period of introspection has...

Published on 29 Nov 2018

It's coming home: political lessons from Sunday League football

Growing up in Bexley, football was a huge part of my life. My local chartered club – Footscray Lions Junior Football Club – was my community. We proudly wore our Footscray shirts as if we were in the Premier League. Every weekend, we would get together and play the game we loved against other local teams. And for several years,...

Published on 27 Nov 2018

Renewuk on channel 4 news

Channel 4 News filmed our first National Assembly, where we came of age one year on from our birth. It was brilliant to see so many candidates and supporters in attendance. Annabel Mullin, our leader, set out our mission and vision; "We will make a good life the new normal. With public services rejuvenated, productivity invigorated and our political system reformed,...

Published on 27 Nov 2018

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Sir David Attenborough is Right - Climate Change Requires Radical Thinking

New Era, New Energy - Offshore Wind Production in the UK

It’s time to be in favour of something - not against / Part 2

It’s time to be in favour of something - not against

It's coming home: political lessons from Sunday League football

Renewuk on channel 4 news